4 18, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today should have picked on someone his own age. 57 year old bozo Charles Hoelzer of St. Louis jumped into his intended victim’s car, pulled a knife on her and demanded money. "No way" said Maggie Frazer, who then punched the Bozo in the mouth, causing him to fall back and cut himself with his own knife, which he then dropped. Maggie then grabbed the knife and held the Bozo at bay until the police arrived. One thing we forgot to tell you about Maggie–she’s a 77 year old granny.

4 17, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today was upset because his neighbor had not been keeping his lawn mowed… So the Bozo decided to literally take the law into his own hands to try to solve the situation. Bozo Michael Repp rented a police officer’s uniform and paid his neighbor a visit, claiming to be a law enforcement officer and demanding that the neighbor mow his lawn. Two problems with this plan: 1. Even wearing a police uniform, your neighbor is probably going to recognize you. 2. Impersonating a police officer is a serious offense. The Bozo now faces a year in jail and a $1000 fine.

4 16, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Lincoln, Nebraska where Bozo Clint Mangess tried to shoplift some shoes from an athletic shoe store. He grabbed the shoes and ran. When the clerk and the assistant manager took off after him, it soon became obvious that Clint had picked the wrong store to rob. He didn’t have a chance of escaping with these guys after him: the assistant manager is the captain of the University of Nebraska’s track team and the clerk is an olympic class marathoner.

4 15, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Victoria, Texas where Bozo Janet Stewart had a flat tire. Not knowing how to change it herself, she called 911 from her cell phone and the police stopped by to help her fix it. When the officers opened the trunk to look for the jack, they instead found 118 pounds of marijuana. The Bozo said she thought the police would bring their own jack and wouldn’t have to look in the trunk.

4 14, 1997

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The Bozo Criminals for this morning come from the International File. From Warsaw, Poland come three Bozos who were also good samaritans. The Bozos broke into an apartment where they found a pregnant woman ready to give birth. Wanting to to the right thing, the thieves took the woman to the hospital. That was the good samaritan part. Now the Bozo part: The thieves then returned to the woman’s apartment to complete the burglary. The woman told the hospital staff how she got to the hospital and a quick thinking nurse called the police, who went to the apartment and caught the Bozos in the act.

4 11, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Chapel Hill, North Carolina where Bozo Barry Berman is a student in a constitutional law class at the University of North Carolina. The Bozo’s problems began when he lit up his pipe during class and started puffing away. The University of North Carolina is a smoke free campus so right away the Bozo was in trouble. He was in even bigger trouble when the professor got a whiff of exactly what it was that Barry was smoking. He was stuffing more marijuana in his pipe when campus security arrived to escort him into police custody.

4 10, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Baltimore, Maryland, where Jeffrie Thomas walked into a Signet Bank branch and handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller gave the Bozo the cash and when he walked away, she set off the silent alarm for the police. The police arrived very quickly, too quickly for the Bozo. You see, after getting the money from the teller, Jeffrie walked over to a nearby counter and began counting his loot. He was still standing there counting when the police arrived!

4 9, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from the International File. From Antwerp, Belgium comes the story of a burglar who was surprised while trying to break into a house. The Bozo fled out the back door, down an alley and climbed over an nine foot wall. Only one problem–the nine foot wall surrounded the exercise yard of the city prison.

4 8, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from the International File. From Cookstown, Ireland comes Bozo Michael Coulter who was arrested for shoplifting shoes, socks and boxer shorts from a department store. This Bozo violated the first rule of a successful shoplifter–be inconspicuous. You see, our Bozo is perhaps the tallest man in all of Ireland-at seven feet five inches tall. He attracted quite a bit of attention as he tried to stuff the shorts and socks into his pants.

4 7, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Albany, N.Y., where Bozo Michael Murray tried to hold up a convenience store during the huge "April Fools Day Snowstorm" of 1997. In the course of the robbery, the store clerk began struggling with the bozo and the sawed off shotgun the Bozo was carrying went off, shooting the Bozo Michael in the hand. The wounded Bozo ran out of the store and into the snowstorm, heading back to his apartment where he called 911. When the paramedics and the cops arrived, they became a little suspicious when the Bozo told them how he hurt his hand. He said he cut it mowing his lawn. Keeping in mind that the Bozo lived in an apartment and there was a blinding snowstorm going on at the time, the story flopped. He’ll have lots of free time in jail to try to come up with a better story.

4 4, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Wichita, Kansas where Bozo Charles Taylor was on trial for stealing a pair of tan hiking boots. The store manager was on the stand identifying Taylor as the Bozo who stole the boots when the judge noticed that the alleged thief had his feet propped up on the table–and he was wearing a pair of tan hiking boots. After a quick check it was determined that these were the same exact boots the Bozo was accused of stealing. The boots were confiscated and the bozo was sent off to jail in his socks.

4 3, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Ypsilanti, Michigan where a Bozo walked into a Burger King at 7:50 a.m., flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down, saying he couldn’t open the cash register without a food order. OK, the Bozo said, give me a burger and an order of onion rings. Sorry, the clerk said, those items are sold after 10:30 a.m. only. Frustrated, confused and not wanting breakfast, the Bozo shrugged and left empty handed. The Bozo remains at large.

4 2, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Memphis, Tennessee where 18 year old Brandon Hughes appeared in court on a minor charge of driving with a suspended driver’s license. He walked up to the stand with his hand in his pocket and when he took it out to place it on the bible, a little plastic bag of white powder fell out. Yep, it was cocaine, right there in front of the judge, the sheriff and several deputies. The most the Bozo would have received for the auto violation was a fine. He’s now looking at 12 years.

4 1, 1997

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(No Foolin’!) The Bozo Criminal for today might have never made the bozo rap sheet if he had only owned a drill. Bozo Joseph Aaron was charged with reckless use of a firearm after he admitted himself to the hospital in Wesley Chapel, Florida with a gunshot wound to the leg. It seems our Bozo was installing a new tail pipe on his car. He needed to bore a hole in the pipe to mount it and since he had no drill he decided he would simply shoot a hole in the tailpipe with his trusty hand gun. Bad idea. The bullet ricocheted off the pipe and lodged in the Bozo’s leg.

3 31, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from San Antonio, Texas, where police arrested Bozo Amy Brasher after an auto mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of marijuana were hidden in the engine compartment of her car. The Bozo had brought the car in for an oil change and told the police she knew the marijuana was there but didn’t realize the mechanic would have to raise the hood to change the oil.

3 30, 1997

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Bozo criminal for today comes from Ft. Meyers, Florida, where Bozo Gregory Williamson got himself released from jail when his girlfriend faxed an official looking document, using the governor’s stationery, granting the Bozo a pardon. The Bozo was released from jail and might have gotten away with it except for the fact that after he was released he sent another fax to the jail asking for a pardon for his cellmate. The police began to get suspicious and checked the fax number printed automatically on the top of the fax and traced it to the Bozo’s apartment.

3 26, 1997

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The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Leonia, N.J. Bozo Maria Graef became so enraged that her next door neighbor’s sprinkler system was causing a puddle to form in her yard that she rammed his garage with her car and then barricaded herself in her home for 20 hours in a standoff with police. After making several offers to the Bozo to give up, the police set upon a plan that would only work with a True Bozo. The idea was to turn on the Bozo’s own water sprinkler. This enraged Bozo Maria so much that she ran out of the house in her nightgown to turn it off and was promptly captured by the police.

3 25, 1997

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Several years ago Dustin Hoffman described Academy Awards "Oscar" as a naked person holding a sword. The Bozo Criminal for today fits this description and was sighted in Portland, Oregon during a snowstorm. A totally naked man carrying a sword walked into a convenience store and headed for the beer cooler. The Bozo pointed the sword at the store clerk and said, "I’m thirsty." Not wanting to argue with a naked Bozo carrying a sword, the clerk reached for a six pack, but before he could hand it to him, the naked Bozo turned and headed back out into the snowstorm. Police caught up with the naked sword carrier a few blocks away, still naked, presumably still thirsty and definitely still stupid.

3 24, 1997

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Bozo Criminal for today comes from Wichita, Kansas, where Bozo Randy Harrigan was arrested at an airport hotel after trying to use counterfeit currency. What tipped off the police that the bills might be counterfeit? Only a Bozo would try to pass off a couple of $16 dollar bills!

3 23, 1997

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The Bozo criminal for today comes from the International File. From Seoul, South Korea comes Bozo Park Sang-Yon who broke into a butcher shop. After stealing all the money from the cash register, the bozo decided to swipe some meat while he was there. He went inside the walk in freezer, which automatically locked behind him. The Bozo endured seven hours in the freezer at 5 degrees before the police thawed him out and took him in.